Reason clears and plants the wilderness of the imagination to harvest the wheat of art.

An Englishmen thinks seated; a Frenchmen standing; an American pacing, an Irishman, afterwards.

The worst misfortune that can happen to an ordinary man is to have an extraordinary father.

The smaller the head, the bigger the dream.

The bigger the dam of patience, the worse the flood when the dam breaks.

The fear we throw about danger is always as disproportionate as a paternal shirt on an infant.

Treat kindly every miserable truth that knocks begging at your door, otherwise you will some day fail to recognize Truth Himself when He comes in rags.